November 27, 2013
—Dianne Ashton [This post originally appeared on the Jewish Book Council blog on November 26, 2013.] This year, Jewish Americans will participate in an extraordinary Hanukkah celebration—they will light the first menorah… READ MORE
November 25, 2013
—Joel Hoffman [This piece originally appeared in the Huffington Post on November 24, 2013.] This month, Hanukkah and Thanksgiving will overlap for a joint celebration that will never happen again…. READ MORE
November 22, 2013
—Joan C. Williams The year my husband was born (1953), only 5% of Americans preferred a female boss. That number has climbed to 23%, according to a new Gallup survey. The… READ MORE
November 18, 2013
—Catherine Ceniza Choy The heart-breaking devastation of Typhoon Haiyan in the central islands of the Philippine archipelago is deeply felt across the ocean. Although I do not have immediate family… READ MORE
November 15, 2013
Happy University Press Week! We are thrilled to once again be kicking off the final run of the university press blog tour—this year, with a post by Chip Rossetti, Managing… READ MORE
November 14, 2013
“The American Literatures Initiative, the first of the university press collaborative publishing grants awarded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, approaches 100 book mark.” To learn more about this exciting… READ MORE
November 11, 2013
—Daria Roithmayr In a recent article in The Atlantic, Derek Thompson highlights what many of us already know—that the burden of recent unemployment falls harder on black and Latino workers… READ MORE
November 5, 2013
—Matthew W. Hughey and Gregory S. Parks At a recent Tea Party meeting in Hood County, Texas, Rafael Cruz, the father of Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), made bold statements reeking… READ MORE